Protect West High's American Sign Language Program

I believe we all have the freedom to learn and be able to communicate. Sign language isn’t just a language, it’s a way to express ourselves our feelings our thoughts and our needs. Safe our language, Safe our culture and save the deaf community.

My son has ASD and he uses sign language he also has a communication device but i also want to learn more to help my son and others

Don't ever close. Start young, get old, lose hearing, gain more confidence. It helped me understand and accept soulful. Also, it's a great starter for those who have a born child's deafness! Trust me, stay open and our money is worth it! Don't give up or forgetting... Mac

A program all schools should have !

ASL is important for all to know

I like talking with my hands :)

My 11 year old daughter is currently in the ICU, she recently decided to use YouTube to teach herself sign language. she is currently only able to use sign language for ANY communication and she is so frustrated because no one else knows it; no one else knows it because there are no accessible ways for people to learn ASL. Taking this class away would be detrimental.

Keep the ASL program!! ASL is a foreign language that should be taught and known

This class is so vital in all ways of life! So beneficial in all situations, especially when silence is mandatory.

ASL is not a choice for some!!!! Keep the class.

I am a West High Alumni, I graduated in 2000. My best friend's family is deaf. His mother is my second mom because she and her family took me in for a while. I also took two years of ASL at West High School in the 90's. The deaf community is often forgotten about, and those who go through this class understand that the most. Removing this program would be a massive mistake on West High's part. I have always known them to be one of the best High Schools offering programs that no other's did at first. Most notably the ELP program. Do not get rid of this program, I urge all school board members, and West High Administrators to fight to keep this program alive.

ASL is such an incredible language to learn, I am grateful for having the opportunity to learn this in school and feel other students should benefit.

ASL is a very important form of communication/language. Please keep teaching in school for all hard of hearing/deaf families. I wish I took this class in high school. I am learning ASL myself.

Please don’t remove sign language. You don’t know how important it is to know ASL until you find yourself in a situation that you don’t even know how to communicate.

Please do not get rid of this class. This teacher has put in a lot of hard work and effort to get the second best class out of the languages in the school. Keep up the good work and let these kids learn some sign language

KEEP ASL.

Her class is what got me to be a teacher! You can't cut this.

Deaf people have fought hard for access and inclusion, eliminating this program would be a hinderance to an entire population of people. There’s also a national shortage of qualified ASL Interpreters. We NEED interpreters that have started acquiring the language in secondary and can transfer to a post secondary for further training and education. The more people have access to ASL and can directly interact with Deaf, the better. This is also a pathway to a career. Please find other ways to cut funding.

ASL isn't just a fun thing you learn, it's an entire language. 13% of people in the US are deaf. That doesn't seem like a lot, but that's about 1 in 8 people.